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ID number:  BIRBI-R1395
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Septimius Severus; Caracalla; Rome
Denomination:  Sestertius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  211
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  3.10
Weight (g):  25.78
Axis (degrees):  315.00
Provenance:  Haines 3356. A. H. Baldwin, 1957
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Caracalla, wearing laurel wreath, draped with aegis, and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Victory, winged and draped, standing facing r., resting l. foot on helmet, erecting trophy; on r., woman, towered and standing front, and captive seated facing l., with hands tied behind back.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: M AVREL ANTONINVS PIVS AVG (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Augustus). Reverse: VICT BRIT TR P XIIII COS III S C (Victory over the British, Tribune for the Fourteenth Time, Consul for the Third Time; S C - Translation Disputed).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 483 var.

Notes:  There are no combinations of the legend and the type which match with those laid out in RIC 483

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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